{"id":264,"date":"2008-11-26T01:33:23","date_gmt":"2008-11-26T01:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=264"},"modified":"2025-03-25T01:16:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T06:16:36","slug":"songs-that-change-our-life-my-1970-my-sweet-lord-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/songs-that-change-our-life-my-1970-my-sweet-lord-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"My 1970 &#8220;My Sweet Lord&#8221; Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>A story, circa 1970, listening to George Harrison&#8217;s <em>My Sweet Lord<\/em> at a friend&#8217;s home while tripping on orange sunshine acid.\u00a0 Looking for the bathroom, I went into the master bedroom where a small Hindu (I learned later) altar was.\u00a0 Baby Krshna began dancing on the altar and the mantra from the song, <em>hare krishna<\/em>, resonated in my head for days before I caught up with the friend whose house it was and\u00a0asked her who the blue baby on the altar was.\u00a0 She was glad to tell me and I went with her the next Sunday to the dinner given by the local ISKCON, who are the Hare Krsna. I spent the next two decades in and out of what some would call the cult experience.\u00a0 I was glad to be in the experience as it taught me a lot about myself and about life and it opened a new, meaningful world around me.\u00a0\u00a0 Every time I hear George Harrison&#8217;s song, it takes me back to baby Krisna dancing for my delight as I tripped on orange sunshine.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hare Krishna<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hare Krishna<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Krishna, Krishna<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hare Hare<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Gurur Brahma<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Gurur Vishnu<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Gurur Devo<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Maheshwara<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Gurur Satya<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Parabrahma<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tasmayi Shree<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Guruve Namah<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Hare Rama<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=39361\">How psychedelics treat mental health conditions and prevent suicide<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"s-share-buttons\" class=\"horizontal-w-c-circular s-share-w-c\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/songs-that-change-our-life-my-1970-my-sweet-lord-experience\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to Facebook\" class=\"s3-facebook hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=My 1970 &#8220;My Sweet Lord&#8221; 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